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i've spoken to people close to lance armstrong. they said that's the primary reason for coming forward, is that he wants to be a competitive triathlete. all of those events are controlled by usada. yet, usada has said, if you want to come back in, you need to actually admit that that our 15 years of research into your past, you need to admit that the people who testified under oath that you bullied them, you need to say that's true. he actually, instead of that, he drew a line last night with oprah winfrey and said, no, it's not true. i did not bully people into doing anything they didn't want to do. i may have bullied people who accused me of things, which doesn't make him very sympathetic, but i didn't do anything in terms of facilitating doping in cycling. i think that's what's going to trip him up going forward. >> all right. stick around. we're going to come back a little later in the program and talk to you about the manti te'o hoax. thanks. >>> other news overseas in north africa. we're learning more details about the hostag
i've spoken to people close to lance armstrong. they said that's the primary reason for coming forward, is that he wants to be a competitive triathlete. all of those events are controlled by usada. yet, usada has said, if you want to come back in, you need to actually admit that that our 15 years of research into your past, you need to admit that the people who testified under oath that you bullied them, you need to say that's true. he actually, instead of that, he drew a line last night with...
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armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his tour de france win. >> reporter: the icon who transcended sport, hung around with movie stars and world leaders, the one who told the world year after year that he was clean and anyone who said otherwise was just out to get him. >> i have never doped. i've never taken performance-enhancing drugs. my best defense is i've never tested positive. >> reporter: he didn't just lie to reporters, fans, sponsors, and even cancer survivors, he lied under oath, too. >> how many times do i have to say it? >> i just want to make sure your testimony is clear. >> if it can't be any clearer that i've never taken drugs. >> reporter: along way, armstrong's great lie left a trail of human collateral damage. people who went from friend to enemy the minute they threatened to expose him. >> it's a long time coming. i think it's a huge steph. >> reporter: frankie andreu was his best friend and teammate until he and his wife testified they heard him admit he took drugs. armstrong went on the attack, accusing frankie and betsy of lying. >> she said in her deposition
armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his tour de france win. >> reporter: the icon who transcended sport, hung around with movie stars and world leaders, the one who told the world year after year that he was clean and anyone who said otherwise was just out to get him. >> i have never doped. i've never taken performance-enhancing drugs. my best defense is i've never tested positive. >> reporter: he didn't just lie to reporters, fans, sponsors, and even cancer...
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. >> reporter: lance armstrong was emotional but not tearful. apologetic but not contrite. in an exclusive interview on own, armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey what had long been been suspected. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: he said he started doping in the mid-'90s before he had cancer. the cocktail was the blood buster epo, transfusions and testosterone all banned and denied by him for years until this interview. >> it's too late for probably most people. and that's my fault. you know, i view this situation as one big lie. that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: a lie that over the 90-minute program he made clear was contrary to his real attitude about doping. >> did it feel wrong? >> at the time? >> uh-huh. >> no. >> it did not even feel wrong? >> no. scary. >> did you feel bad about it? >> no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were cheating? >> no. the scariest. >> reporter: performance-enhancing drugs, he said, were part of the sport like air in the rider's
. >> reporter: lance armstrong was emotional but not tearful. apologetic but not contrite. in an exclusive interview on own, armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey what had long been been suspected. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: he said he started doping in the mid-'90s before he had cancer. the cocktail was the blood buster epo, transfusions and testosterone all banned and denied by...
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we begin with breaking news on lance armstrong. after years of lying about using performance-enhancing drugs, after suing some, threatening others and ruining the careers of many who tried to expose his lies, the dethroned seven-time tour de france winner has changed his tune. he calls his whole experience, quote, one big lie, and says all the blame lies with him. he spoke, obviously, with oprah winfrey, taped a 2 1/2-hour interview which began airing tonight on her network own. the encounter began with oprah asking him rapid fire questions. the stakes got higher, the tension rose. take a look. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of those epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance. did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no, in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes.
we begin with breaking news on lance armstrong. after years of lying about using performance-enhancing drugs, after suing some, threatening others and ruining the careers of many who tried to expose his lies, the dethroned seven-time tour de france winner has changed his tune. he calls his whole experience, quote, one big lie, and says all the blame lies with him. he spoke, obviously, with oprah winfrey, taped a 2 1/2-hour interview which began airing tonight on her network own. the encounter...
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lance armstrong finally showing emotional. and the first interview with manti te'o. jere jeremy shaf speaking with te'o. >> a very candid interview. >>> also this morning, new developments in the racy scandal involving a zuma dance teacher. we'll hear from her business partner, just days before it goes to court. >> it rocked that small town in maine. >>> and check out this video. it's a firefighter climbing to rescue a child in a burning wilding. a chunk of snow knocks him off the ladder. we'll show you what happened next. it was extraordinary. >>> we're going to start with the breaking news on the harrowing hostage situation in the african desert. this morning, we have more information about an american killed by the islamist terrorists. and others are in danger right now. brian ross has been covering this from the jump. he's with us this morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. the death toll continues to climb with at least 1 american and 11 other hostages reported to have been killed. the algerian military has twice stormed the natural gas facility. but authoriti
lance armstrong finally showing emotional. and the first interview with manti te'o. jere jeremy shaf speaking with te'o. >> a very candid interview. >>> also this morning, new developments in the racy scandal involving a zuma dance teacher. we'll hear from her business partner, just days before it goes to court. >> it rocked that small town in maine. >>> and check out this video. it's a firefighter climbing to rescue a child in a burning wilding. a chunk of snow...
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it's not that -- this wasn't some benefit for lance armstrong. when investigations are dropped without charges, they're just dropped without charges. they don't explain why. i can't tell you why it was done, but the fact that there was no public explanation isn't sinister or suspicious. >> do you think he was -- he wasn't -- he was refusing to answer that question for legal reasons? >> perhaps. but he did answer a lot of questions that were legally very incriminating to him. the fact that he admitted all this doping for all seven tour de france titles, that certainly is very damaging to him. legally. so why he might have drawn a distinction to that conversation versus others, i can't really answer because he did put himself in legal jeopardy several times. >> betsy, why do you think -- >> why do i think he -- >> why do you think he wouldn't answer that question? >> i don't know. i don't know. because the hospital room is where it all started. it's where it all started. and so him not answering that question is going to infuriate people who know t
it's not that -- this wasn't some benefit for lance armstrong. when investigations are dropped without charges, they're just dropped without charges. they don't explain why. i can't tell you why it was done, but the fact that there was no public explanation isn't sinister or suspicious. >> do you think he was -- he wasn't -- he was refusing to answer that question for legal reasons? >> perhaps. but he did answer a lot of questions that were legally very incriminating to him. the...
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still ahead, the new embarrassment lance armstrong is facing from the olympic committee ahead of tonight's tell-all interview with oprah winfrey. a lawsuit that is going >> lance armstrong has been stripped of the bronze medal he won at the 2000 olympic games. they sent armstrong a letter asking him to run the medal hour s before an interview with oprah where he is expected to admit to doping. many former teammates will likely watch. >> he has been lying for years, lying to presidents, to larry king, to oprah before, he has been lying about how many tests he passed, 500 tests, he only took 250, lied about not seeing a known doping doctor. he lies about everything. so, now, to come out and actually change and say and admit he was doping during his career, it is a big step. >> armstrong lost his seven tour de france titles and faces lawsuits from former sponsors and possibly the government. >> san francisco's new ban on public nudity is being challenged today in federal court. the ban is set to go into effect next month. a lawsuit filed by four nudists in november is seeking an injunction ba
still ahead, the new embarrassment lance armstrong is facing from the olympic committee ahead of tonight's tell-all interview with oprah winfrey. a lawsuit that is going >> lance armstrong has been stripped of the bronze medal he won at the 2000 olympic games. they sent armstrong a letter asking him to run the medal hour s before an interview with oprah where he is expected to admit to doping. many former teammates will likely watch. >> he has been lying for years, lying to...
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lance armstrong finally showing some emotion. and the first interview with manti te'o. jeremy schaap, with our partner network, espn, speaking with te'o overnight, about his fake girlfriend. te'o admits to telling lies. but was he in on the hoax? >> a very candid, 2 1/2-hour interview. >>> also this morning, new developments in the racy scandal involving a zumba dance teacher and the prostitution ring she allegedly ran that rocked a small town in maine. we'll hear from the accused woman's business partner just days before it goes to court. >> it did rock that small town in maine. >>> check out this video. it's a firefighter climbing a ladder to rescue a child in a burning building. look what happens right there. a chunk of snow knocks him off the ladder. we're going to show you what happened next. it was extraordinary. >>> we're going to start with the breaking news on the harrowing hostage situation in the african desert. this morning, we have more information about an american killed by the islamic militants. and we know several other americans are in danger right now
lance armstrong finally showing some emotion. and the first interview with manti te'o. jeremy schaap, with our partner network, espn, speaking with te'o overnight, about his fake girlfriend. te'o admits to telling lies. but was he in on the hoax? >> a very candid, 2 1/2-hour interview. >>> also this morning, new developments in the racy scandal involving a zumba dance teacher and the prostitution ring she allegedly ran that rocked a small town in maine. we'll hear from the...
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lance armstrong won seven tour de france titles. the reason why none of his been stripped of those titles that have not been given to the second place finishers in each of those seven races, the second place finishers have also been found to be using performance enhancing drugs. if you look at the top 10 finishers at each of his seven wins, 48 of 70 have been documented of having using performance and having drugs. -- performance enhancing drugs. cycling, most of the doping has to do with increasing the oxygenation of your blood, increasing your lung capacity. if as many people died in the nfl -- which has been under scrutiny -- as have died in cycling in the past 20 years, there would be weekly hearings on capitol hill. it is an incredibly dangerous and taxing sport. cyclist talk about drug use as if it is survival. all that being said, the answer is not to dope your body. the answer is the reformation of the sport, tried to make the course is safer, unionize in the cycle so they have a collective voice. lance armstrong has, striki
lance armstrong won seven tour de france titles. the reason why none of his been stripped of those titles that have not been given to the second place finishers in each of those seven races, the second place finishers have also been found to be using performance enhancing drugs. if you look at the top 10 finishers at each of his seven wins, 48 of 70 have been documented of having using performance and having drugs. -- performance enhancing drugs. cycling, most of the doping has to do with...
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lance armstrong's admission to oprah about years of doping. and lying about it. the question that finally made armstrong break down. and new here this evening, investigators now weighing in, will that interview they have been watching make any difference for him? [old english accent] i doth declare that thou have brought overmany discounts to thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty indeed, lord jamie. thou cometh and we thy saveth! what are you doing? we doth offer so many discounts, we have some to spare. oh, you have any of those homeowners discounts? here we go. thank you. he took my shield, my lady. these are troubling times in the kingdom. more discounts than we knoweth what to do with. now that's progressive. [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you s
lance armstrong's admission to oprah about years of doping. and lying about it. the question that finally made armstrong break down. and new here this evening, investigators now weighing in, will that interview they have been watching make any difference for him? [old english accent] i doth declare that thou have brought overmany discounts to thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty indeed, lord jamie. thou cometh and we thy saveth!...
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lance armstrong doesn't say he is sorry. lance armstrong isn't used to telling the truth. >> there are legal ramifications here. today was the deadline if the department of justice to join a lawsuit against armstrong. it is believed the department asked for an extension while they trying to decide if it is a good use of taxpayer money. the interview is not over. part two airs tonight on oprah's network. >> katie, thanks. a san jose mother could face charges after admitting to making up a story of a man trying to kidnap her toddler from her arms. abc7 is live at san jose with the stunning details at the police headquarters. >> her story was detailed. terrifying. but the mother is facing chances for making the whole thing up. the father says he is not surprised. >> could not get away fast enough. >> that was araujo talking how a stranger tried to kidnap her daughter from her amendments in -- her arms on tuesday saying the man spelled like motor oil. there was a seven but in the end miss say it was all a lie. the father who was
lance armstrong doesn't say he is sorry. lance armstrong isn't used to telling the truth. >> there are legal ramifications here. today was the deadline if the department of justice to join a lawsuit against armstrong. it is believed the department asked for an extension while they trying to decide if it is a good use of taxpayer money. the interview is not over. part two airs tonight on oprah's network. >> katie, thanks. a san jose mother could face charges after admitting to making...
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lance armstrong speaking to oprah winfrey. he says he never ordered his teammates to use performance enhancing drugs while he was winning seven tour de france titles. >> and more than two dozen times he acknowledged lying repeatedly. abc's neal karlinsky has the details. >> reporter: even though we knew it was coming, hearing lance armstrong say it out loud was surreal. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: so why admit it now? he blamed the momentum of his own story. >> this is too late. it's too late for probably most people. and that's my fault. you know, i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: it is an admission all the more startling when you listen to that other lance armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his win. >> reporter: the icon w
lance armstrong speaking to oprah winfrey. he says he never ordered his teammates to use performance enhancing drugs while he was winning seven tour de france titles. >> and more than two dozen times he acknowledged lying repeatedly. abc's neal karlinsky has the details. >> reporter: even though we knew it was coming, hearing lance armstrong say it out loud was surreal. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you...
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and lance armstrong reporting he used performance enhancing drugs. we'll talk to people who said their lives were destroyed by armstrong's lives and ask what they'll be listening for. we begin keeping them honest with a story that is beyond bizarre. the mont manty te'o story. notre dame where fairy tale endings are a birth right. he makes a tackle even though he said he just lost his girlfriend and his devoted girlfriend, lennay kekua. te'o would nearly win a heisman trophy. cue the credits, grab a hanky. call sports illustrated, put him on the cover. but like the feel-good hit of the summer, his story isn't real. the girlfriend didn't die. she didn't even exist. now they say he was the victim of a hoax, but keeping them honest, the record including his own statements cast doubt on the notion it's that simple and whether or not he was duped. virtually everyone who covered the sorie was. did they see what they wanted to see and not look closer than that. they saw the girlfriend and her storybook meeting with te'o. their stares got pleasantly tangled,
and lance armstrong reporting he used performance enhancing drugs. we'll talk to people who said their lives were destroyed by armstrong's lives and ask what they'll be listening for. we begin keeping them honest with a story that is beyond bizarre. the mont manty te'o story. notre dame where fairy tale endings are a birth right. he makes a tackle even though he said he just lost his girlfriend and his devoted girlfriend, lennay kekua. te'o would nearly win a heisman trophy. cue the credits,...
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tomorrow night a much different lance armstrong. he gets emotional, even breaks down when he talks about his children, his mother and stepping down from live strong. >> it's amazing. this guy has fallen so far in the eyes of so many. thank you. >>> now the college football star who was inspired to greatness by a cancer stricken girl friend that never existed. according to notre dame university linebacker manti te'o was duped into an online relationship that turned out to be a hoax, but somehow the hoax snowballed into the inspirational tale of an athlete playing through the grief of his girl friend's death. here's a clip of tonight's cbs evening news. >> manti te'o had been riding a wave of sympathy and celebrity all season due to the mellow dramatic tale of his college girl friend from stanford. te'o described her as a victim of not only a car accident, but also leukemia who supposedly died last september ending a long distance mostly online romance with the linebacker. >> a stanford student, the victim of a car accident and leukem
tomorrow night a much different lance armstrong. he gets emotional, even breaks down when he talks about his children, his mother and stepping down from live strong. >> it's amazing. this guy has fallen so far in the eyes of so many. thank you. >>> now the college football star who was inspired to greatness by a cancer stricken girl friend that never existed. according to notre dame university linebacker manti te'o was duped into an online relationship that turned out to be a...
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you wrote, "i was diluted to believe lance armstrong when he denied doping." that's what you're saying now. but what was it, when you wrote that article, so late, so many people were saying, maybe it's not true, why did you still believe him? >> i really thought he was a hero. to me, the premise i took was this. people were saying he was blood doping, he'd been blood doping throughout all the tour de frances that he won all seven of them. i'm sure that was true, but that sport was so rife with doping, so rife with cheating, so rife with the use of performance enhancers, i said, all right, if that's all they have, then he basically is equaling the playing field. he overcame cancer, which is an incredible story. he starts this foundation, livestrong, which is really, really doing great work on behalf of millions of cancer survivors. so, i -- you know, look, at the end of the day, it was my fault, but i do cringe when i see that cover. it's embarrassing, and i said, i believe in him, he's a hero, and just leave him alone. because it did seem like a witch hunt for
you wrote, "i was diluted to believe lance armstrong when he denied doping." that's what you're saying now. but what was it, when you wrote that article, so late, so many people were saying, maybe it's not true, why did you still believe him? >> i really thought he was a hero. to me, the premise i took was this. people were saying he was blood doping, he'd been blood doping throughout all the tour de frances that he won all seven of them. i'm sure that was true, but that sport...
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. >> a man with lance armstrong, up close and personal for many years. tyler, thank you very your time. >> great to see tyler move on with his life, as well. >> indeed. >>> and ron claiborne with the other stories this morning. >> good morning to you, bianna and dan. good morning, everybody. we are halfway through the flu season. it appears the worst may be over in most states. federal health officials say this year is more severe than average. and the elderly have been particularly hard-hit with a spike in hospitalizations in recent weeks. the flu is widespread in all states, except tennessee and hawaii. but flu is easing for most of the country, except the far west. >>> and lawmakers in washington seem to be on track to avoid another standoff on the nation's debt ceiling. top republicans say they will now vote next week to raise the government's borrowing limit for another three months, without demanding immediate spending cuts. they are hoping the move will get democrats involved in the deficit reduction debate by passing a budget by april. >>> and fo
. >> a man with lance armstrong, up close and personal for many years. tyler, thank you very your time. >> great to see tyler move on with his life, as well. >> indeed. >>> and ron claiborne with the other stories this morning. >> good morning to you, bianna and dan. good morning, everybody. we are halfway through the flu season. it appears the worst may be over in most states. federal health officials say this year is more severe than average. and the elderly...
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what's next for lance armstrong? going to talk with reed abergotti, legal reporter from "the wall street journal" and sports agent drew rosenhouse with us. drew, i'll begin with you if i can. did it work? did what lance armstrong need to do last night, was he effective in doing it? >> we won't know for a while whether or not it works, what his objectives are. for him to get back into the public eye, to become an athlete, personality, or someone who hopes to make money professionally again in the public eye, this was the very beginning, you have to admit you made a mistake. come clean, apologize, and then you can rebuild from there. >> you can do a million interviews with oprah, that won't work for the usada. >> this has no bearing on whether he can go back to competing in triathlons at all. and usada has been very clear about that. and they would look at this interview as kind of a gauge about what he might say to them. i don't think they would be satisfied with a lot of these answers. >> dr. ferrari, the centerpiece
what's next for lance armstrong? going to talk with reed abergotti, legal reporter from "the wall street journal" and sports agent drew rosenhouse with us. drew, i'll begin with you if i can. did it work? did what lance armstrong need to do last night, was he effective in doing it? >> we won't know for a while whether or not it works, what his objectives are. for him to get back into the public eye, to become an athlete, personality, or someone who hopes to make money...
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. >>> we're going to turn to the potentially severe consequences that lance armstrong faces after his confession to doping in that no-holds-barred interview with oprah that airs tonight. his legal headaches could be about to get a lot worse. abc's neal karlinsky is here in times square studio, for the very first time. >> thank you. very good to be here. >> first time here. but you've been covering lance for a long time. >> for a long time. for a long time. what's amazing here, is even before a shred of this interview has aired, there's been nearly a week of major news coverage about it. and none of it has been good for lance armstrong, which begs the question, what exactly does he expect to get out of this? leading up to the most-anticipated interview in recent history, lance armstrong tells the associated press, i have no idea what the future holds, other than me holding my kids. then, specifically, regarding his confession to oprah, that he did in fact used performance-enhancing drugs -- i left it all on the table with her. and when it airs, the people can decide. many have already
. >>> we're going to turn to the potentially severe consequences that lance armstrong faces after his confession to doping in that no-holds-barred interview with oprah that airs tonight. his legal headaches could be about to get a lot worse. abc's neal karlinsky is here in times square studio, for the very first time. >> thank you. very good to be here. >> first time here. but you've been covering lance for a long time. >> for a long time. for a long time. what's...
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. >>> let's stay with sports now and lance armstrong. he opened up to oprah winfrey in a second and final part of their really highly anticipated interview about the effect his doping had on his family. and he actually teared up a bit when he recalled telling his 13-year-old son about using those performance enhancing drugs. >> when this all really started, i saw my son defending me. and saying, that's not true. what you're saying about my dad is not true. and it almost goes to this question of "why now?" and i can't -- yeah. that's when i knew i had to tell him. and he'd never ask me. he never said, dad, is this true? he trusted me. i said, don't defend me anymore. don't. >> but even after those tears, armstrong, the competitor, came through. you know, after this unbelievable fall from grace, the lifetime ban, he says he wants to race again. ed lavendera is in armstrong's hometown of austin, texas. ed, a thousand-page report from u.s.ada on doping. stripped of the tour de france titles, losing the olympic medal from sydney in 2000, the
. >>> let's stay with sports now and lance armstrong. he opened up to oprah winfrey in a second and final part of their really highly anticipated interview about the effect his doping had on his family. and he actually teared up a bit when he recalled telling his 13-year-old son about using those performance enhancing drugs. >> when this all really started, i saw my son defending me. and saying, that's not true. what you're saying about my dad is not true. and it almost goes to...
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for years, lance armstrong cheated, lance armstrong lied. but last night in big public fashion he came clean. in a gripping, surreal interview with oprah, he told oprah point blank he doped to win each of his seven consecutive tour de france titles. he systematically died about doping and ruthlessly attacked his accusers. the 90-minute interview began by cutting to the chase. simple yes or no questions. >> let's start with the questions that people around the world have been waiting for you to answer and for now i'd just like a yes or a no. >> okay. >> okay? this whole conversation, we have a lot of time, will be about the details. yes or no? did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performances? >> yes. >> was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever use any other banned substances, like testosterone, cortizone, or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no. in all seven of your tour de france victories, di
for years, lance armstrong cheated, lance armstrong lied. but last night in big public fashion he came clean. in a gripping, surreal interview with oprah, he told oprah point blank he doped to win each of his seven consecutive tour de france titles. he systematically died about doping and ruthlessly attacked his accusers. the 90-minute interview began by cutting to the chase. simple yes or no questions. >> let's start with the questions that people around the world have been waiting for...
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let's turn to lance armstrong. he has finally admitted for all those years and for all the world to hear that he is a cheat he a fraud and liar and bully. his epic career was complete sham. he came clean in an interview with oprah winfrey confessing he took banned substances to win we're talking about testosterone and human growth hormone. >> did you ever take banned substances or dope? >> yes. >> gregg: for years he denied cheating. he called other people liars trying to ruin their reputations. he sued anybody who tried to tell the truth about him. he says the whole story was so perfect for so long it was a myth. >> the truth isn't what i said. you win the tour de france seven times, happy marriage and happy children, its perfect story and it wasn't true. >> gregg: the marriage wasn't that happy for his wife. he says he will spend the rest of his life. out right lies, some are saying that he was cold and much too short on details. casey stegall is live outside live out the foundation,. >> he says he looked up the
let's turn to lance armstrong. he has finally admitted for all those years and for all the world to hear that he is a cheat he a fraud and liar and bully. his epic career was complete sham. he came clean in an interview with oprah winfrey confessing he took banned substances to win we're talking about testosterone and human growth hormone. >> did you ever take banned substances or dope? >> yes. >> gregg: for years he denied cheating. he called other people liars trying to ruin...
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. >>> next at 5:00, a different side to lance armstrong. why the disgraced cyclist became emotional in part two of his interview with oprah winfrey. >>> and we will show you what notre dame linebacker manti teo is saying. >> there are some dangerous continues today for the beach and a preview of the maverick surf contest. >>> good evening, we talked about the high surf all week. today the surf got up to about ten feet. expect it to crest by 20, 30 feet by tomorrow and warm conditions. we will talk more about how warm it will be for your sunday coming up. >>> on the eve of the maverick surf contest, dangerous surf and strong riptides are forcing surfers out of the water. a number of surfers were caught in the riptides this afternoon and the coast guard responded to the scene. monte francis is at ocean beach with an update. hopefully they're okay, monte. >> that is the good news. they are all okay. we have a car horn going off here, we apologize for that. total of six surfers, they got into some kind of distress here today. the good news, the
. >>> next at 5:00, a different side to lance armstrong. why the disgraced cyclist became emotional in part two of his interview with oprah winfrey. >>> and we will show you what notre dame linebacker manti teo is saying. >> there are some dangerous continues today for the beach and a preview of the maverick surf contest. >>> good evening, we talked about the high surf all week. today the surf got up to about ten feet. expect it to crest by 20, 30 feet by...
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lance armstrong is 41 years old. there's no more trips through the pyrenees in the the tour de france. if you're michael vick and you can still play quarterback when you come back. if you erie lewis, the great linebacker for new orleans, if you're charged with an access - your scandal occurs at the end of your career, there is no going back to the playing field and having it absolve all your sins, there's really nowhere for lance to go on a competitive basis, so that mai makes it difficult for him to come into the public's grace. >> maybe he does do some triathlons, if he decides to do that, is there any way that he could actually fool people again, that he might be able to cheat again if he wanted to? >> well, like jennifer anniston said on friends, once a cheater, and i think that's going to be people's expectation at the very start. it's going to be guilty until proven innocent for him for the rest of his days, no matter where it is in the public eye. whether it's a career in politics, whether it's something that
lance armstrong is 41 years old. there's no more trips through the pyrenees in the the tour de france. if you're michael vick and you can still play quarterback when you come back. if you erie lewis, the great linebacker for new orleans, if you're charged with an access - your scandal occurs at the end of your career, there is no going back to the playing field and having it absolve all your sins, there's really nowhere for lance to go on a competitive basis, so that mai makes it difficult for...
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. >> lance armstrong has been stripped of the bronze medal from the 2000 sydney olympic games. an interview that armed services committee did that lance armstrong did with oprah will appear on the air. he wanted viewers to judge overnight he said overnight how candid he was over criticism he did not reveal enough. >> another sports world scandal, notre dame university officials could hold a news conference today on the shocking story of a national colleague football star would claimed he was the victim of a terrible hoax. an investigation is underway whether manti te'o is the victim or the mastermind. all american linebacker and heisman trophy finalist and notre dame captain gained national syma appeal and attention when in s&p his grandmother died and on the same day so did an alleged girl of leukemia. now the website has uncovered that no such woman existed. and manti te'o says the relationship was online and by phone and claims he was duped by someone using stolen pictures of a woman would says she doesn't know manti te'o. >> this was an elaborate and sophisticateed hoax per
. >> lance armstrong has been stripped of the bronze medal from the 2000 sydney olympic games. an interview that armed services committee did that lance armstrong did with oprah will appear on the air. he wanted viewers to judge overnight he said overnight how candid he was over criticism he did not reveal enough. >> another sports world scandal, notre dame university officials could hold a news conference today on the shocking story of a national colleague football star would...
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what my theory is behind this entire really weird story, behind this hoax, lance armstrong. i'm obviously kidding. >> what? >> i'm obviously kidding, but my point is this. first of all, funny to see how much attention has been taken off lance armstrong this week by this manti te'o story, but my serious point is that you look at the issue of trust of sports stars. right? in the same week we've got lance armstrong, who we obviously, people trusted him for a decade or more and were inspired by, and now he's turned out to be nothing but a giant hoax and a sham. right? and we've got manti te'o who was a victim of a hoax possibly, but we're having a hard time believing that. i think stories like lance armstrong are part of why we're having such a hard time believing manti te'o could have been a victim. >> yeah. other than the lance armstrong theory, which you know we're kidding about, he did say that two guys and a girl are responsible for the whole thing. hoop is he talking about? >> well, he's talking about a guy named tuiasosopo. ronaiah tuiasosopo, a high school athlete in cal
what my theory is behind this entire really weird story, behind this hoax, lance armstrong. i'm obviously kidding. >> what? >> i'm obviously kidding, but my point is this. first of all, funny to see how much attention has been taken off lance armstrong this week by this manti te'o story, but my serious point is that you look at the issue of trust of sports stars. right? in the same week we've got lance armstrong, who we obviously, people trusted him for a decade or more and were...
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lance armstrong's riveting but incomplete confession. incomplete and many say other things as well, some say calculating, cocky, and cruel. whatever you call it, his effort continues as oprah winfrey runs the second installment of hir interview with the disgraced tour de france winner. after the interview, we'll have another edition of "360." this portion expected to deal with his betrayal of live strong. some people are less than happy with his confession so far. people he targeted for telling the truth when he was still lying. >> this is a guy who used to be my friend who decimated me. he could have come clean. he owed it to me. he oweds it to the sport that he destroyed. >> her husband used to ride with lance armstrong. she's going to join us later tonight, and again, will be reacting instantly to what she hears from armstrong. last night, she said armstrong dropped the ball, that he owed to her and her husband frankie to come clean. when he was lying, they were telling the truth, and he tried to destroy them, what she rea reacted so
lance armstrong's riveting but incomplete confession. incomplete and many say other things as well, some say calculating, cocky, and cruel. whatever you call it, his effort continues as oprah winfrey runs the second installment of hir interview with the disgraced tour de france winner. after the interview, we'll have another edition of "360." this portion expected to deal with his betrayal of live strong. some people are less than happy with his confession so far. people he targeted...
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>> well, if you see now i'm a little uncomfortable lumping manti te'o with lance armstrong. i don't disagree with much of what anybody said about lance armstrong but maybe i'm a little gullible here but the more i'm reading about and trying to piece together this manti te'o situation, we have learned a few new things today. number one, his friend that set up this fake account supposedly and the fake girlfriend now called a church friend, a church friend talked to espn and said that he told her the church friend or him the church friend, i don't know if he's a he or she, he did this to multiple people. messed with them, had done it to manti te'o and manti te'o found out about it on december 6th. one of the theories that's been floating around is this started out as a hoax. te'o decided i'm going to ride this to get me the heisman trophy and consideration. >> right. >> if you accept the december 6th date, the balloting is done. >> he didn't lie after the girlfriend after that date. >> that's point two. accepting the timeline, it is coming in to focus and wasn't a heisman angle
>> well, if you see now i'm a little uncomfortable lumping manti te'o with lance armstrong. i don't disagree with much of what anybody said about lance armstrong but maybe i'm a little gullible here but the more i'm reading about and trying to piece together this manti te'o situation, we have learned a few new things today. number one, his friend that set up this fake account supposedly and the fake girlfriend now called a church friend, a church friend talked to espn and said that he...
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i asked lance armstrong to come and confess to doping on our show, and he said no, he wouldn't do it. but we did score a pretty big confession anyway. ladies and gentlemen, joining us live via skype, lance bass is with us. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for joining us, lance. >> thanks for having me, jimmy. >> jimmy: lance agreed there would be no conditions on this interview, that this would be an open field, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> jimmy: okay, so for years, you've been the subject of much speculation, accusation. would you like to take a moment right now in front of the whole world to set the record straight? >> okay, jimmy. here goes. for many years, throughout the '90s, i had frosted my tips. >> jimmy: you frosted your tips. >> yes. i used chemicals to make the tips of my hair appear to be lighter than the rest of my hair. >> jimmy: but the tips of your hair weren't lighter than the rest of your hair. so in essence, you were cheating. >> yes. >> jimmy: wow. and did the other members of 'nsync know about this? >> j.c. knew, the others didn't. >> jimmy: do
i asked lance armstrong to come and confess to doping on our show, and he said no, he wouldn't do it. but we did score a pretty big confession anyway. ladies and gentlemen, joining us live via skype, lance bass is with us. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for joining us, lance. >> thanks for having me, jimmy. >> jimmy: lance agreed there would be no conditions on this interview, that this would be an open field, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> jimmy:...